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Scott PowersAugust 17, 2017

Republican state Sen. Jack Latvala has picked up endorsements of two major firefighters unions in his quest for the Republican nomination to run for governor next year, his campaign announced Thursday. The endorsements come less than 24 hours after Latvala formally kicked off his campaign Wednesday in Hialeah, Clearwater and Panama City. Latvala received the endorsements […]

Scott PowersOctober 13, 2016

Democratic nominee Stephanie Murphy has received the endorsements of firefighters’ unions in Orange and Seminole counties in her quest to be elected in Florida’s 7th Congressional District representing those counties, her campaign announced Thursday. Murphy, a businesswoman and business professor at Rollins College who once served as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Department of Defense, […]

Scott PowersMay 5, 2016

Democrat Mike Clelland announced a huge fundraising April for his Senate District 13 campaign. Clelland, a former state representative from Seminole County, announced he raised $101,500 for his political committee Common Sense for Central Florida and another $20,380 for his official campaign during the month. That, he announced in a news release issued Thursday, brings his […]

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Mike Johnson. Image via AP.

Firefighters in Orlando, Miami back Jack Latvala for governor

Firefighters’ unions endorse Stephanie Murphy for Congress in CD 7

Mike Clelland pulls in $121K in one month for his SD 13 campaign